For immediate release:Austrian Matthias Mayer won gold in the men’s Olympic downhill at Rosa Khutor.

The 23-year-old displayed 2 min 06.23 sec result, with Italian Christof Innerhofer taking silver at just six-hundredths of a second.

Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud claimed bronze, with teammate and world downhill champion Aksel Lund Svindal in fourth. Another strong favourite, Bode Miller of the United States, is eighth while American up-and-comer Travis Ganong skied into fifth.